Wheelbarrow



(No Model.)

W. HASLUP.

WHEBLBARROW. l No. 465,798. Patented Dec. 22, 1891.

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VVILLIAH IIASLUP, OF SIDNEY, ASSIGNOR OF ON E-HALF TO JOHN I-I. DOERING,

OF IVAPAKONETA, OHIO.

WH EELBARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,798, dated December 22, 1891. Application tiled October l'', 1891. Serial No. l109.050. (llo model.)

To all whom it may concern; bar securing said standards together. These Be it known that I, VILLIAM I-IASLUP, a standards are securely bolted to the side bars citizen of the United States, and a resident Il, and they rest against the cross-.rail B, thereof Sidney, in the county of Shelby and State by supporting it against lateral strain. This of Ohio, have invented certain new and useend frame maybe readily taken off the main 55 ful Improvements in IVheelbarrows, of which frame by removing the bolts and packed for the following is a specification. shipment. By having the ends of the stand The object of my invention is to provide a ards project against the cross-rail the strain wheelbarrow which is strong andwdurable and on the end frame is transferred to the bottom zo which can be readily taken apart for shipframe through the tie or cross rail B, dispens- 6o ping. ing with the necessity of supporting-braces,

The various features of my invention will makingit cheaper, and,inore especially, transbe fully set forth in the description of the acferring the strain to the main frame through companying drawings, making a partof this the tie-rod. i specification, in whichl2 represents a rod passing through the rail 65 Figure 1 is a bottomA perspective view of a 1l and bolted to the side rails 4 to hold the wheelbarrow. Fig.2isasideelevation,partly side board, which has a footseating in the in section. socket 13.

lrepresents the wheel-beams, which are eX- Having described my invention, what I 2o tended forward to form the handles 2. claim is- 7o 3 represents the wheel suitably journaled 1. Inawheelbarrow, the combination ofthe thereto. wheel-beams 1, which form the handles 2, the

4C represents side bars, which are secured to side rails 4t, the stay-blocks 6 and 7, formthe wheel-beams by means of stay-blocks G 7. ing a mortise for the leg 5, substantially as 2 5 5 represents the legs, which are tapered and specified.

inserted into the mortise formed by the Wheel- 2. In a wheelbarrow, the combination of the beams l, side bars 4, and the stay-blocks 6 '7. wheel-beams Lextended to form theliandles The tapered form of leg 5 and stay-block 7 2, with the side bars 4 and the stay-blocks 6 secure a tight fit and prevent lost motion. and 7, inclined to form a tapering lnortise and 3o The legs are further supported by braces S, receiving the teflon-legs 5, substantially as 8o which are bent round and hooked over the specified. leg and secured by bolt 9, thus forming a 3. Inawheelbarrow, the combination of the socket to support the footof the leg. This wheel-beams 1,eXt-ended to form the handles socket-brace performs two functions: first, 2, the stay-blocks 6 and '7, the legs 5, and the stiffening the leg,`and, second, shoeing the socket-braces S, secured together, substan- 85 leg, so it will not cut or sink into soft ground. tially as specified. The great strain on barrows comes upon the 4. In a wheelbarrow, in combination with legs in setting them down. This form of conthe wheel-beams l, extended to form the hanstruction effectually prevents them being dles 2, the side bars 4, secured to the front 4o broken off, and at the same time allows the end thereof by the cross-bar B, and the end 9o parts to be readily taken apart and folded for frame-standard, the lower ends of which are shipping. Transverse cross-braces between interposed between the wheel-bean1s and the the legs are usually employed. The socketside bars and abut the cross-bar and are bolted braces S are made preferablyof metal as wide to the side bars, substantially as specified.

as the foot ofthe leg and bent half round, so In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 95 as to abut the side bars 4. my hand.

B represents a cross-rail attached to the WILLIAM l'IASIiUl. beams and side rails by bolts. Witnesses:

l0 represents standards supporting the IV. J. EMMONS,

5o Vfront end frame, and 11 represents a cross- J. M. LEIDIGH. 

